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... Coastal Development: Planning for a Sustainable Reef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Americas, Europe, and Asia, ocean-based ...
... Coastal Development: Planning for a Sustainable Reef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Americas, Europe, and Asia, ocean-based ...
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... coastal communities given that they are the most developed and the fastest-growing areas in our country. Coastal and marine waters alone support more than 28 million jobs and generate more than $54 billion annually. These areas are a ...
... coastal communities given that they are the most developed and the fastest-growing areas in our country. Coastal and marine waters alone support more than 28 million jobs and generate more than $54 billion annually. These areas are a ...
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... coastal regions literally stake their lives and livelihoods on our ability to predict the actions of severe storms and hurricanes. Severe weather in the United States takes dozens of lives per year and can cost more than $11 billion ...
... coastal regions literally stake their lives and livelihoods on our ability to predict the actions of severe storms and hurricanes. Severe weather in the United States takes dozens of lives per year and can cost more than $11 billion ...
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... coast. In addition, the convention accords the coastal nation sovereign rights over the continental shelf both within Joining the convention is also important to the ability of the United States to exercise leadership and influence over ...
... coast. In addition, the convention accords the coastal nation sovereign rights over the continental shelf both within Joining the convention is also important to the ability of the United States to exercise leadership and influence over ...
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... coastal areas—a figure that will rise to 75 percent by 2025. Our daily lives are affected by weather systems with oceanic origins, by the avail- ability of protein in the form of seafood, and by opportunities for recreation and tourism ...
... coastal areas—a figure that will rise to 75 percent by 2025. Our daily lives are affected by weather systems with oceanic origins, by the avail- ability of protein in the form of seafood, and by opportunities for recreation and tourism ...
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Page 13 - Maintain or restore stocks to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield with the aim of achieving these goals for depleted stocks on an urgent basis and where possible not later than 2015...
Page 10 - In the contiguous zone the state may exercise the control necessary to prevent or punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary regulations within its territory or territorial sea.
Page 12 - Mexico, in 2002, and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in...
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Page 33 - Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts.
Page 10 - ... sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing natural resources, living or otherwise, as well as jurisdiction over other activities of economic importance.
Page 15 - State and local governments with respect to ocean and coastal activities, including the management of ocean and coastal resources and identification of appropriate opportunities for policy-making and decision-making at the State and local level; and (8) the preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in ocean and coastal activities...